The World's Thinnest Watch: The CST-01 On Kickstarter

Yesterday day we told you about the Kickstarter-funded Pebble watch, an adaptable wrist-worn gadget. Well today we've got another Kickstarter find for you, but at the other end of the spectrum. The CST-01 is a bare bones e-ink watch that can boast the thinnest profile of any watch on the planet. Click through for the details.

Yesterday we told you about the Kickstarter-funded Pebble watch, an adaptable wrist-worn gadget. Well today we've got another Kickstarter find for you, but at the other end of the spectrum. The CST-01 from Central Standard Timing is a bare bones e-ink watch that can boast the thinnest profile of any watch on the planet.

In the world of mechanical watches, anything under about 8mm thick can be called an ultra-thin, with the thinnest watches coming in around 4mm thick. But the CST-01 comes in at 0.8mm - that's not a typo, 0.8mm. Starting with a thin piece of stainless steel, Central Standard Timing etches out space for the e-ink display, micro-engergy cell, and Seiko Epson controller. It's an amazing example of an object that contains nothing, and I mean nothing, superfluous.

Each CST-01 comes with a charging base (that you also use to set/program the watch. And on only a 10-minute charge, the CST-01 will run for up to a month. Central Standard Timing has working prototypes and launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the first production run. Based in Chicago, Central Standard Timing is committed to having the CST-01 made in the United States as well.

Unsurprisingly, the $200,000 goal was surpassed extremely quickly. At time of publication, the campaign has raised $436,813 from over 3,200 backers, and there are still 37 days to go.